Once a year it does not hurt. It's not my motto
but I find that is a very successful phrase for many things. What
better time to show off with expensive
wines that give that festive, unique and special touch to our
table which makes this year different.

We cannot always do this extravagance, but after all we have
saved, worked and because of all those days we got up early in
the year, we deserve a reward. I will give you
some ideas that I am sure you will love (if not to buy, at least
to dream).

I will start by Bodegas
Vega Sicilia. I mentioned it a few days ago in the
post about the most expensive wines in the world, as it reached
50,000 Euros at auction. Today tops my list because my birthday
is coming and a few decades ago, when I was born, my
grandfather opened a bottle of this extraordinary wine, Vega
Sicilia, which was share by the whole family. I do not
know how they would play the head, maybe not much more than a
shot, but the arrival of the first grandchild on New Year's Eve
of the year (...) deserved honors. I?m just giving you good
ideas.

Let?s talk about Rioja now. My proposal from this region
is Contador 2005,
a wine that has taken good note of Parker ranking.
No less than 100 points, there is nothing. A
round figure for those who can afford the round figure that also
involves taking it home: a little more than five hundred Euros in
exchange for this treasure from Bodegas Benjamin Romeo.

In Priorat there are very good exclusive wines which deserve to
be among my suggestions for classy dinners: L'Ermita 2003, from Alvaro
Palacios winery, and Clos Erasmus 2005 are
both an absolute success. With any of these wines at the table
you will hardly have to worry about the menu.

You could probably imagine that I will close my list of
proposals with a wine from Ribera del Duero. There could
not be other than Pingus 1995.
It needs no introduction, although it might be necessary to take
a deep breath before spending the thousand Euros that the bottle
costs (some could have a little smaller price depending on the
vintage). For not so festive wallets, I want to remember that the
option of celebrating with a Flor de
Pingus 2010 wine could be a good
decision. That wine is extremely delicious and it has the same
effect as a lottery ticket in your pocket: it makes you dream.